READERS CALENDAR FOR APRIL 23-30

April 23 (Tuesday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick's will host bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlen, who will discuss and sign her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake. This event is free and open to the public, however Reserved Seating is available. Please call the Warwick's Book Dept. at (858) 454-0347 for details. In order to be signed Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake must be purchased from Warwick's.

Background: In this irresistible memoir, Anna Quindlen writes about a woman's life, from childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, using the events of her life to illuminate ours. Considering-and celebrating-everything from marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, parenting, faith, loss, to all the stuff in our closets, and more, Quindlen says for us here what we may wish we could have said ourselves. As she did in her beloved New York Times columns, and in A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen uses her past, present, and future to explore what matters most to women at different ages. Quindlen talks about:

Marriage: "A safety net of small white lies can be the bedrock of a successful marriage. You wouldn't believe how cheaply I can do a kitchen renovation."

Girlfriends: "Ask any woman how she makes it through the day, and she may mention her calendar, her to-do lists, her babysitter. But if you push her on how she really makes it through her day, she will mention her girlfriends."

Our bodies: "I've finally recognized my body for what it is: a personality-delivery system, designed expressly to carry my character from place to place, now and in the years to come."

Parenting: "Being a parent is not transactional. We do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: We are good parents not so they will be loving enough to stay with us but so they will be strong enough to leave us."

Candid, funny, and moving, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake is filled with the sharp insights and revealing observations that have long confirmed Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | www.warwicks.com.

April 23 (Tuesday - 7:00 pm) — Fahrenheit Tonight! – Presentation of Inspired Creations. San Diego Repertory Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, San Diego.

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April 24 (Wednesday - 6:00 pm) — Student Showcase inspired by Fahrenheit 451. Logan Heights Library, 567 South 28th Street, San Diego.

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April 26 (Friday, 6:30 pm) — Poetry & Art Series 2013 features arts writer and poet Charlene Baldridge, poet and executive director of San Diego Writers, Ink (SDWI) Amy Locklin, and Poetry International’s managing editor and poet Jennifer Minniti-Shippey. These renowned authors will read with select Poetry International MFA poets and select poets published in SDWI’s 2013 anthology A Year In Ink, Vol. 6. This arts and culture event takes place in the Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for treats, refreshments and live music by Ben Chung. Members are free; $5 at the door, or guests may bring wine to share and get in free.

Theater critic Charlene Baldridge is an award-winning poet, journalist and columnist. Her poetry has been set in two song cycles by American opera composer Jake Heggie (Moby-Dick and Dead Man Walking). Most recently, Charlene edited and produced The Warrior's Stance, luminous post-diagnosis poems of her late daughter Laura Jeanne Morefield, a lifelong poet who seldom sent her work out. Thanks to the generosity of Daniel Morefield, the entire sales price of this chapbook goes to support the Colon Cancer Alliance. Poet Laura Jeanne Morefield (10/8/1960-7/17/2011) graduated summa cum laude from Pepperdine University, was married to Daniel Morefield, and enjoyed a career in banking. She wrote short stories, poems, screenplays, and a political column. Her poems are incorporated in The Warriors' Duet, a piece of theater to be produced in the San Diego Fringe Festival in July.

Amy Locklin edited the anthology of speculative short fiction Altered States and has begun to edit a second anthology, Law and Disorder. Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in journals including Clementine Magazine, Quarter After Eight, Maize, and Main Street Rag, as well as the anthologies And Know This Place: Poetry of Indiana and Dots on a Map: Stories from Small Town America. Her work has won honors in the Robert J. DeMott short prose contest, the Academy of American Poets Prize, the Associated Writing Program’s Intro Journal Project, and the Lois Davidson Ellis Literary Award. A recipient of Indiana Arts Commission grants, she earned her MFA at Indiana University, where she directed the IU Writers’ Conference for four years. She teaches writing and literature, writes and performs music, and is executive director of San Diego Writers, Ink. Her poetry chapbook The Secondary Burial is available from Finishing Line Press.

Jennifer Minniti- Shippey is the Managing Editor of Poetry International literary journal, and an adjunct professor at San Diego State University. Her previous chapbook, Done Dating DJs, won the 2009 Fool for Poetry Prize, sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre of Cork, Ireland. Her work has appeared in Tar River Poetry, Jackson Hole Review, In Possee Review, Pure Francis, and San Diego Poetry Annual, among others. She teaches horseback riding and co-edits the football blog Halftimes with Dean & Jenny. She lives in San Diego with a wonderful German shepherd and a patio full of potted plants.

April 27 (Saturday, 1:00 to 3:00 pm) — San Diego Student Shakespeare Festival at the Casa del Prado in Balboa Park. Elementary, middle and high school students will perform 10-minute scenes, sonnets, music and dance from William Shakespere's astonishingworks. As avivid emblem of heBard's universality, students from two high schoolsin Moscow will performtheirexcerts aspart of the festival. Although he has been out of school for many, many decades, our own Richard Lederer will one of he emceeds. Go to: htttp://www.sandiegoshakespearesociety.org for additional information.

April 28 (Sundays 2:00 pm) — Bradbury Poems Accompanied by Carol Williams at the Organ, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Pan American Road- Balboa Park.

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April 28 (Sunday, 1:00 pm) — Adventures by the Book, in partnership with the Del Mar Foundation and the Del Mar Library, is pleased to present a Fancy Nancy Parade Adventure with New York Times bestselling children’s illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser at Powerhouse Community Center, 1600 Coast Blvd., Del Mar 92014. This is a free event (although registration for planning purposes is strongly encouraged). Event includes Fancy Nancy activities, author presentation, and short parade, followed by a VIP reception with Robin (VIP reception is free with pre-order of book).

About the Event: Your splendiforous Fancy Nancy Parade Adventure will begin at Powerhouse Community Center in beautiful Del Mar with some fun Fancy Nancy activities, including tiara crafts courtesy of the Del Mar Library, and Fancy Nancy bookstore courtesy of Yellow Book Road. After the activities, beloved New York Times bestselling children’s illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser will delight her fans with a fun, interactive reading, after which she will lead Fancy Nancy fans and their families on the first ever Fancy Nancy Parade along a short route through the streets of Del Mar.

*Pre-purchase an autographed copy of Fanciest Doll in the Universe, the newest book in the Fancy Nancy series, and you are invited to join Robin for a fun VIP reception immediately following the parade at Del Mar Plaza. But hurry, this offer is limited to the first 200 who pre-purchase the book. And as a special bonus, courtesy of the prestigious Vickie Lavanty Salon (111 W. Plaza, Solana Beach, CA 92075), you will also receive a complimentary haircut coupon (value $45)!

For more information regarding the event, please contact Kelley Huggett at mailto:kelleyhuggett@yahoo.com, or Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at mailto:kelleyhuggett@yahoo.com.

April 29 (Monday - 7:00 pm) — Post World Book Night. Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego.

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April 30 (Tuesday – 9:30 am) — California Gold – Bradbury & Other California Writers. Grossmont Community College - Griffin Hall, 8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon.

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April 30 (Tuesday, 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm) — The Mango Bride was born at the Ink Spot and we’re celebrating its coming out party! Marivi Soliven’s debut novel was drafted in Room to Write sessions for Nanowrimo 2008, took shape with help from SDWI’s classes, and found a home at New American Library (NAL) Penguin Books.

The novel traces the divergent lives of Amparo Guerrero and Beverly Obejas who come to America for different reasons. Banished by her wealthy family in Manila, Amparo lives a much diminished life as an interpreter in Oakland. Beverly arrives in California as a mail order bride, hoping to improve her lot. As the two women work toward their dream lives, they become entangled in each other’s chaotic realities. Their unexpected collision reveals a life changing secret.

Under its original title, In the Service of Secrets, the unpublished novel won the 2011 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippine counterpart of the Pulitzer Prize. In January 2013, Ediciones Planeta Madrid bought the rights to publish The Mango Bride in Spanish.

The Mango Bride may be pre-ordered on Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and purchased after the reading at the Ink Spot. FREE (suggest donation $1, non-members $5. Location: The Ink Spot, 710 13th Street, Studio 210, San Diego, CA 92101.

April 30 - Tuesday – 6:30 pm) — Which Book Would You Save From the Flames. Mira Mesa Library, 8405 New Salem Street, San Diego.

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ATTENTION AUTHORS: Have your book featured in Local Authors Books. Go to Writers Lounge for details.

ATTENTION THEATER LOVERS: The SDWriteWay.org webzine is looking for more volunteers to write theater reviews. Of course the tickets are free. Contact Kathy Carpenter at kathy.carpenter4@gte.net.